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# Dems Are Lucy, The Football Is $2,000
- URL: https://www.levernews.com/dems-are-lucy-the-football-is-2000/
- Published: 2021-02-04T20:25:16.000Z
- Updated: 2021-05-04T17:55:22.000Z
- Description: Congressional leaders may limit stimulus checks for tens of millions of people, and rally around a $400-a-week unemployment boost instead of $600.
- Author: David Sirota
- Tags: Newsletter, #substack, Midday Poster, #hide

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The [image](https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Football%5Fgag?ref=levernews.com) of Lucy and the football is a good way to understand Democrats and the promised $2,000 checks — the party promised the checks immediately, but now seems intent on pulling the ball away at the last minute, expecting Charlie Brown to laugh. But millions of struggling middle-class families who were deceived probably won’t find it funny.

The [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/03/biden-stimulus-checks-what-you-need-to-know/?ref=levernews.com), [HuffPost](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-coronavirus-stimulus-checks%5Fn%5F601af3b4c5b6d5eb796ceb88?ncid=NEWSSTAND0005&ref=levernews.com) and [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-03/biden-to-meet-with-democratic-senators-on-his-stimulus-plan?ref=levernews.com) are reporting that Democrats may limit full $1,4000 survival checks to individuals earning less than $50,000 and couples earning less than $100,000\. A bipartisan group of senators is also now [pushing an amendment](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/04/manchin-collins-stimulus-checks-465924?ref=levernews.com) to “ensure upper-income taxpayers are not eligible” for checks. At least one Democratic senator, Ron Wyden of Oregon, has [said](https://twitter.com/elwasson/status/1357420331452018689?ref=levernews.com) he opposes the new proposed income limits.

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